Schooling in a small space

We are participating in a "Not Back to School Blog Hop" sponsored by Darcy at Life with my 3 Boybarians each Monday in August. This week the topic is school rooms. We live in a small space, a 2 bedroom 800 square foot apartment. It is 898 square feet if you count our outdoor patio area. Since we have two small bedrooms, we use our dining room and living area as our homeschool space; however we